Day 12 - Birds of Cuba - January 2014 - Taken on Day 4 - Topes de Collantes National Park; Day 5 - Zapata Wetlands; and Day 6 - Playa Larga and Treasure Lake
International Expeditions - Complete Cuba
American Kestrel—Falco sparverius
American Redstart—Setophaga ruticilla
Anhinga Heron—Ardea herodius
Bee Hummingbird—Mellisuga helenae
Black-and-White Warbler—Mniotilta varia
Black-throated Blue Warbler—Dendroica caerulescens
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Brown Booby—Sula leucogaster
Cattle Egret—Bubulcus ibis
Cuban (split from Black-cowled) Oriole—Icterus dominicensis
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Cuban Blackbird—Dives atroviolacea
Cuban Emerald—Chlorostilbon ricordii
Cuban Green Woodpecker—Xiphidiopicus percussus
Cuban Parrot—Amazona leucocephala
Cuban Pewee—Contopus caribaeus
Cuban Pygmy Owl—Glaucidium siju
Cuban Tody—Todus multicolor
Cuban Trogon—( “Tecororo” Cuba’s national bird)— Priotelus temnurus
Cuban Vireo—Vireo gundlachii
Eastern Meadowlark—Sturnella magna
Gray Catbird—Dumetella carolinensis
Gray Kingbird—Tyrannus dominicensis
Great Blue Heron—Ardea herodius
Great Lizard-Cuckoo—Saurothera merlini
Greater Antillean Grackle—Quiscalus niger
Helmeted Guineafowl—Numida meleagris
Loggerhead Kingbird—Tyrannus caudifasciatus
Mourning Dove—Zenaida macroura
Neotropical Cormorant—Phalacrocorax brazilianus
Northern Mockingbird—Mimus polyglottos T
Osprey—Pandion haliaetus
Palm Warbler—Dendroica palmarum
Red-legged Honeycreeper—Cyanerpes cyaneus
Red-legged Thrush—Turdus plumbeus
Red-tailed Hawk--Buteo jamaicensis
Screech Owl—Gymnoglauz (formerly Otus) lawrencii
Smooth-billed Ani—Crotophaga ani
Snowy Egret—Egretta thula
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird—Agelaius humeralis
Tennessee Warbler—Vermivora peregrina
Turkey Vulture—Cathartes aura
West Indian Woodpecker—Melanerpes supercilliaris
White Ibis—Eudocimus albus
White-crowned Pigeon—Columba leucocephala
Yellow-faced Grassquit—Tiaris olivacea
Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
As always, loved your pictures and travel log!
Post a Comment!WOW - What lovely birds -- I'm sure pics do not give them justice, huh?
Day 13 - Saturday, April 22, 2022 - Depart for U.S.
The hotel prepared a box breakfast for us as we had to be in the lobby way before the breakfast room was open.
Last night we found out that our departure flight back to...